Woman Between the Worlds

by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre

Book Overview

A female shape-changer, pursued by invisible aliens, escapes to Victorian London. . . where she is aided by Aleister Crowley and the disciples of the Golden Dawn. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440503272
• ISBN13: 9780440503279
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Strange, clever, witty, and cool

It is London in the late 1800's when an invisible woman enters the tattoo parlor of the main character (who for some reason or another remains nameless). This invisible woman calls herself Vanessa, and what she wants is a full body tattoo so that her woman form can be made visible. But is she really what she seems? Vanessa is really a compassionate, shape shifting alien who has managed to get through a porthole in time and jump from her planet to planet earth. Her planet has been taken over by one who calls himself The DREADFUL EYE and now she is a wanted alien. Taking on the form of a human woman on Earth she wants the tattoo artist to render her form visible to human eyes so that she becomes almost invisible to alien eyes. But tattooing Vanessa is not going to be an easy task, not while there is continuous battle to be done with the groups of invisible men who arrive on earth to bring her back. Despite his intentions the main character finds himself falling in love while on the run with the alien woman he tattoos, and when she is captured he finds his way to her planet to get her back, and to do battle with The Dreadful Eye who has his sights on conquering planet Earth next. With the help of Aleister Crowley, Sir William Crookes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats and others, the main character just might succeed. Set against the a backdrop of Victorian England and an alien planet, it's a fight to the finish for Vanessa...and for Earth. I really enjoyed this book, it is definitely Science Fiction but the author has a lot of real places woven into the story, places in London England. MacIntyre's writing is smooth and perhaps the biggest surprise was that this book is pretty funny in some places. It's suspense and Sci-Fi mixed with a good dose of bitingly funny English humor. I highly recommend it.

So good it is unbelievable

This is a science fiction story set in Victoria England. It involves evil, another dimension, and a love story. A tale of bravery and tragedy, incredibly original and true to the period. ****Warning Spoiler **** The ending is one of the few tragic ones in science fiction.

A Victorian Style Sci Fi Book

This book begins diary style by our unknown tatooist author. It quickly goes beyond H-G-Wells sci fi into another dimension. If you like the archaically exotic, this will appeal to you.